Thu May 5, 2022 AT 10:21 AM EDT
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell likely won’t be able to steer clear of the “long arm” of former President Donald Trump, should Republicans retake control of the Senate, according to one of the journalist authors of a new book taking Washington by storm.
The thin margin by which Republicans may take command of the upper chamber would be decked with candidates beholden to Trump, making it difficult for McConnell, poised to retake the majority leader role, to wriggle free of the former president’s influence, New York Times reporter Alex Burns said during a TV appearance Wednesday. Read Full Story